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Changes With Exposure

Studio Arts Seniors celebrate the culmination of their creative work through the 2024 Student Exhibition: Changes With Exposure.

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About Studio Arts

The Department of Studio Arts encourages rich experiences in visual arts and creative expression. We believe that curiosity and hands-on engagement in the making of art prepares all students with skills in problem solving, ideation, and the articulation of abstract concepts that enrich and contribute to the dialogue in visual art and other fields.

Experiences

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Academics

See, think, and make through explorations in diverse media with a curriculum grounded in traditional and contemporary approaches.

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Research

Follow your creative pursuits across and beyond the university with the guidance of committed faculty artists and educators.

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Facilities

Produce and share your work and engage with others in the creative community here at Pitt and beyond.

News

Pittsburgh's Avant-Garde: 60 Years Inside The Underground Art Scene

Scott Turri interviews Sheila Ali in BOMB Magazine

A conversation with Sheila Ali about her work documenting the history of PIttsburgh's art scene in her book Pittsburgh's Avant-Garde: 60 Years Inside The Underground Art Scene.

Mutations, an exhibition by Melissa Catanese, opens Jan 29.

Studio Arts is pleased to announce the exhibition, Mutations by Studio Arts professor, Melissa Catanese opens Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in the Paul Mesaros Gallery at the Canady Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University

Turri presents Slow Core Trilogy at Eberle Studios

HOMESTEAD -- Eberle Studios is pleased to present Slow Core Trilogy an animation screening of three animations by Pittsburgh-based artist Scott Turri on Saturday, January 25 at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm.

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